93rd Make It From Scratch Carnival

Baby, it's cold outside! Why not stay indoors and cook and craft and get your Scratch Christmas going? Here are some ideas to get you started!

Organic Makeup and Skin Care shares a couple of recipes for lip balm and lip tint in "Organic Makeup – Balms and Lipsticks". I would never have considered making either of these products at home so I was fascinated to see her recipes. I'm going to give the lip balm a try. Not quite your cup of tea? She also fills us in on a few places to buy organic lip products.

Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker was a smart girl and rescued all her green tomatoes from the frost. They've been slowly ripening and she is making up a batch of "Spaghetti Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes". I sure wish I had a batch simmering in my kitchen!

Have you lost the box to your favorite game? Craft Stew has a clever idea for producing a "Replacement Game Container". This would be a great way to package your games for a road trip.

Do you have a taste for eggnog but not for eggs? Homestead Blogger has a recipe for "Egg-less Eggnog" that uses vanilla pudding mix instead. Interesting idea.

I'm always looking for a good veggie burger recipe. Kelly from Almost Frugal Food doesn't tout her "Chickpea and Corn Patties" that way but that's what I'm going to be thinking about when I mix up a batch.

Funny About Money helps us figure out how to frame our treasures without paying the high prices in her post, "Cheap Frames". This is a follow-up post to one she did the other day on avoiding expensive custom cut mats. If you have some unframed artwork stashed away somewhere, it's time to pull it out!

Cindy has another good gift idea up at My Recycled Bags. This time she shows us how to make "Christmas Kitchen Towel Sets". She is making sets in the red, green and white of Christmas. Very cute!

Stephanie from Make It From Scratch shares a recipe for "Chocolate Covered Gifts". As far as I'm concerned, anything dipped in chocolate is the gift for me!

Stop The Ride presents a way to get your kids together to make "A Handmade Grandparent Gift". It's a cute idea that the grandparents will be proud to display every year.

Midwest Neurotica tells us "How to Make a Horseshoe" and, well, you better just go take a look!

I had to consider for awhile about including Living The Scientific Life's post. While it's not about making anything, it is a review of a book about making some very interesting things. "The Hungry Scientist Handbook: Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies", sounds so intriguing, I thought you might enjoy knowing about it!

Here at Simply Forties I offer Parmesan and Herb-Crusted Beef Tenderloin, which will be a star on your holiday table. Impressive as beef tenderloin is, it is a very easy dish to prepare. Give this a try at one of your holiday parties.

That's it for this week's carnival. I hope you are inspired to check out some of the projects presented here. Don't forget to promote the carnival on your on site as well as through the various social networking sites.

Next week's carnival will be hosted at 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven. You can submit your entry here.

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